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Turkish Navy Ships Train Somali Forces as Drilling Protection Mission Continues
1+ day, 28+ min ago (327+ words) MOGADISHU — Turkish Ambassador to Somalia Ferhat Alkan visited the naval vessels TCG Gelibolu and TCG Göksu this week, the two frigates serving as core elements of the Somali Naval Task Group, according to a statement from the Turkish Embassy in…...
Somali Piracy Surges as Regional Wars Divert Naval Forces and Threaten Global Shipping
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (200+ words) Pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa have reached their highest level since 2013, with weakened maritime patrols, persistent coastal poverty and established ransom-financing networks reviving a threat to international trade already strained by conflict and rising shipping costs. Russia has…...
Pakistan says final Somali pirate attack survivors returning home, vows action against piracy
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (338+ words) Waseem AbbasiThursday October 8, 2026 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s final three survivors of an oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates were on their way home on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said in a social media post, as he pledged continued cooperation with…...
Why Somali pirate attacks are ramping up again
3+ week, 5+ day ago (233+ words) NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Federico Varese, a professor at Sciences Po who studies Somalia's maritime criminal gangs, about why attacks on ships off Somalia's coast are on the rise again. FEDERICO VARESE: Thank you very much for having me....
Four Indonesian Crew Members Hijacked in Somalia Return Home
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (849+ words) October 7, 2026 | 06:07 am TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Four Indonesian nationals who were serving as crew members aboard the MT Honour 25 have returned home after being held captive by an armed group following the vessel’s hijacking off Somalia. The four had been held…...
Four Indonesian seamen return home after Somali pirate ordeal
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Egyptian sailors return home after 151 days in captivity off Somalia
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (500+ words) Monday October 5, 2026 Eight Egyptian sailors returned to Cairo from Mogadishu late on Sunday after 151 days in captivity off Somalia, reuniting with their families amid tears, embraces and ululations. Their return followed a foreign ministry statement on Saturday confirming their arrival…...
Four Pakistani sailors freed from Somali pirates due home today
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (187+ words) Dunya News Four Pakistani sailors freed from Somali pirates due home today Summary The four sailors, Yasir Khan, Aqeel Khan, Amin bin Shams and Usman Ghani, scheduled to arrive at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport at 4:40 pm today KARACHI (Web Desk)…...
Four Pakistani sailors freed from Somali pirates to return home Saturday — deputy PM
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (352+ words) Waseem AbbasiSaturday October 3, 2026 Picture shared by Ansar Burney Trust on September 25, 2026, showing Pakistani sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates. (Ansar Burney Trust) ISLAMABAD: Four Pakistani sailors freed from a tanker held by Somali pirates are scheduled to return home tomorrow, Saturday,…...
Somalia piracy returns with deadly attacks along the Horn of Africa
1+ week, 2+ day ago (745+ words) Five crew members died during the rescue of the Honour 25. A second tanker was freed without fatalities. European naval data show that the threat has moved back toward Somalia's coast. The Honour 25 was carrying 18,500 barrels of crude oil when pirates…...